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𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚕. 𝙸𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚊𝚛, 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚜, 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚜, 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛, 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝.

𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎.

“𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜. 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛.

“𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜, 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 ‘𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐’ 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛. 𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜, 𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍.

“𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝙸 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕, 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 ‘𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛’. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍. 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚎, 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚢𝚎.

“𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙸 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝚂𝚘, 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎: 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝙴𝚟𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚊 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛.

“𝙼𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛…,” 𝚊 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍. “𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑. 𝙳𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑? 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝.” 𝙰 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎’𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚝. “𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚐, 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗.

“𝙶𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜.” 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚍. “𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎.

“𝙴𝚗𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚑,” 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜. 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚕. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍, 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍, 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛’𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚊𝚛.

𝚂𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙲𝙺

𝚅𝙸𝙲𝚃𝙾𝚁𝚈 𝙳𝙴𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚂
✳ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚊 𝚖𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜.
✳ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚖 𝚁𝚊𝚣.
✳ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚊 𝙶𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝙴𝚕𝚐𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚛.
✳ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙵𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚃𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎.
✳ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.
✳ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 by 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎.

𝙳𝙸𝚂𝙰𝙳𝚅𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙰𝙶𝙴𝚂
𝚂𝙸𝚉𝙴 — 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙰𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚍𝚎.
𝙵𝙸𝚁𝙴 — 𝙳𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎.
𝚄𝙽𝙷𝙾𝙻𝚈 — 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.

𝙰𝙳𝚅𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙰𝙶𝙴𝚂
𝚂𝙸𝚉𝙴 — 𝙳𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎, 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚖.
𝙽𝙴𝙵𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙾𝚄𝚂 — 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝙷𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚜.

𝙰𝚃𝚃𝙰𝙲𝙺𝚂
𝙲𝙻𝙰𝚆 𝚂𝚆𝙸𝙿𝙴 — 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚙𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛, 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚕𝚎.
𝙶𝚁𝙰𝙱 — 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛.
𝙿𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙲𝙴 — 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑.
𝙶𝚁𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳 𝙱𝙻𝙰𝚂𝚃 — 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚙 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.

𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙸𝙶𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴
𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

I'll move everything forward to the congregation with the Vicar in my next post. If there is anything you want to have happened prior to that, you can add it retroactively. Any private conversations with the Vicar must have occurred prior to this congregation. Seeing as time and space is a bit distorted, days and hours are of no concern.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

@BishopHaha, no. It's a little slow because we were waiting for some people to react, but if they don't we'll move on.

@AshganFollow your own judgement here, but I'll move us along before the weekend is over. You can always write retroactively.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

𝚂𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙲𝙺

“𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗, 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛,” 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛’𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋. 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛. “𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙, 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚜 𝙸 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑.

“𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚝. “𝙸 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎.” 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗’𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍. “𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜?” 𝙰𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍. “𝙽𝚘, 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎.

“𝙸𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍. 𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙰 𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗. 𝚈𝚎𝚝, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚍. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝙴𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚎𝚙𝚝.”

“𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢.” 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛. “𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛—𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜—𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎?” 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.

“𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍. 𝙸’𝚖 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢, 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢—𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝. 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛’𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. “𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛? 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚝𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎."

“𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗. 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜.

“𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗,” 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

Keep updating your statuses, boys. Let me know what's going on with life and such, or if some of my GM moves are not to your liking. I don't want this to wane.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

@VeridianSeekerThe effect and ingredients are good to mention, but the process is individual from person to person, so that can be omitted from any general directory of rituals. I summarized and made shorter what you wrote. Have a look at it and see if it can be added to the OOC information. If you can summarize the process, as well, then that could be added here.

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Vague Anatomy
This hymn will mask scent and body according to environment. Change of environment will make the hidden one more visible. Required ingredients include chalk and charcoal mixture, chalk and lapus lazuli mixture, quartz or marble stone, salt, granulate cinnabar, and select items from the environment.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

Don't be afraid to kill followers. Everyone will not survive. Followers come and go.

@VeridianSeekerI will consider this more closely tomorrow.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

@MegaOscarPwnYes, collaborations are excellent for this purpose. If you want to do one, just fire it up until the dialog with the Vicar and I'll write it with you. Private messages are probably the best, seeing as I don't use Discord and because of time zones.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

@MegaOscarPwnEvents must not occur in order. Your character can have a conversation with the Vicar in private, if he so wishes, that occurs either before or after other introductions. Time and space is fluid. Take my latest post, for example, it might have happened just recently, weeks ago, or in two months from now.

𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑

@MegaOscarPwnTurn orders are good if everyone in such rotation are active. The second one falters, the whole chain falls apart. I think this is something that we can establish once we've gotten further into the roleplay. We're barely a week old.